1896 United States presidential election in Indiana

The 1896 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose fifteen electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1896 United States presidential election in Indiana

November 3, 1896
 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall
Electoral vote 15 0
Popular vote 323,754 305,573
Percentage 50.82% 47.96%

County Results

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

Indiana was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. They defeated the Democratic Party candidate, William Jennings Bryan and his running mate Arthur Sewall. McKinley won the state by a narrow margin of 2.86%.

Bryan would lose Indiana to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

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